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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85138</law_id><section_number>23.1-1500</section_number><catch_line>Corporate name; name of the University</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="23.1">Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Public Institutions of Higher Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="15">George Mason University</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The board of visitors of George Mason University (the board) is a corporation under the name and style of &#x201C;The Rector and Visitors of George Mason University&#x201D; and has, in addition to its other powers, all the corporate powers given to corporations by the provisions of Title 13.1 except those powers that are confined to corporations created pursuant to Title 13.1. The board shall at all times be under the control of the General Assembly. <a id="paragraph-305086" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-1500/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The institution shall be known as George Mason University (the University). <a id="paragraph-305087" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-1500/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1972, c. 550, &#xA7; 23-91.24; 2016, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
